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 68 THE; CONDOR Vol. XIII lowing diy the same pair were again observed accompanied by four or five young. 40. ltfolothrus ater. Cowbird. In the willow timber on July 12, a Yellow Warbler was observed feeding a young Cowbird. The specimen was secured. A few days later, in the same locality, a Redstart was seen feeding another full grown bird o{ the same species. An adult male, one of a small flock that was following a drove of horses, was killed near Brogan, July 17. 41. Agelaius tricolor. Tri-colored Blackbird. There was a considerable breeding colony of this species in a swampy area along the creek near. Brogan, but about July 3 they all disappeared. Later numerous specimens were seen, appar- ently wandering. 42. $turnella neglecta. Western Meadowlark. Abundant everywhere in the 'sage brush. Always very shy. 43. Icterus bullocki. Bullock Oriole. Very plentiful along watercourses and even far out in the sage brush. Several old nests were found in willows and other shrubs, some within a few feet of the ground. 44. Euphagus cyanocephalus. Brewer Blackbird. Abundant; usually seen in small' .flocks along irrigating ditches, and sometimes in the sage brush. 45. Carpodacus m. frontalis. California Linnet. Observed now and then in. small numbers in low parts of the valley in willow thickets and on sunflowers. 46. Astragalinus t. pallidus. Pallid Goldfinch. Plentiful in the lower parts of the valley. It was most frequently noted along irrigation ditches and on culti- vated ground. 47. Pooecetes g. confinis. Western Vesper Sparrow. Quite plentiful in the sage brush, usually loosely associated with other sparrows. 48. Ch0ndestes g. strigatus. Western Lark Sparrow. Another species of the sage brush; the most abundant bird, perhaps, of the section. 49. Spizella breweri. Brewer Sparrow. Very plentiful in the sage brush. It was usually found in rather large companies, often associated with other Frin- gillidae, especially when coming to the bottom lands to feed on.sunflower seeds. 50. Amphispiza n. nevadensis. Nevada Sage Sparrow. Abundant in the sage brush, commonly in scattered flocks. 51. Melospiza m. montana. Mountain Song Sparrow. Very abundant in the willow timber, where many pairs were making nests up to the middle of July. A few specimens were observed in Pole Creek and Willow Creek Canyons. 52. Passerella i. schistacea. Slate-colored Fox Sparrow. A young bird, fully leathered, was taken in the willow timber, July 18. Several others were noted in the same locality on various dates. 53. Pipilo m. arcticus. Arctic Towhee. Moderately common in thickets along watercourses. A female was seen feeding young July 15. 54. Zamelodia melanocephala. Black-headed Grosbeak. Not scarce in the willow timber and in the larger thickets throughout Willow Creek Canyon. 55. Passerina amoena. Lazuli Bunting. Numerous specimens were noted in thickets along w. atercourses, especially in Willow Creek Canyon, July 9-10. 56. Passer domesticus. English Sparrow. Found in considerable numbers about ranches in the valley. 57. Piranga ludoviciana. Western Tanager. Two or three specimens were seen in Pole .Creek Canyon, July 18, and one in the willow timber the following day. 58. Hitundo erythrogastra. Barn Swallow. Seen in considerable numbers after the middle of July.